Unfortunately, this cute story of the term’s etymology is not true.

Just imagine a world observing that 36% of companies bringing in over $100m a year pay no tax, and seeing it reduce to 28%, and thinking that’s a huge win. Both figures are shameful. Here’s the aim: 0%. All. Profitable. Companies. Should. Pay. Tax. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

the youtube vs yt-dlp arms race is hilarious, because of how lopsided it is. on the one hand, you've got a company with the GDP of Denmark who has about a manhattan-project's worth of developers they can assign to this. but on the other end, you've got every bored or annoyed javascript hacker.

A former pastor at a megachurch talks about how they paid consultants to manipulate mostly working class people into giving more cash to service the church’s ridiculous expansion debt. www.instagram.com/reel/DPRVHOT...

RIP, Jane Goodall. 😔

I recently had to review the FOI Act as a part of my job, and a bigger example of legislative Swiss cheese I have never seen in my life before. It’s truly misnamed, as the range of ways it facilitates information denial is comical. But it’s working here as designed.

So when deciding whether to invade Canada, Greenland or Panama, they’ve come to the decision that none of these are where they want troops. Looks like Democrat cities are the target. Still waiting for those dribbling second amendment cretins to rise up against a tyrannical government. 🤣

Could it be that the mainstream U.S. media has finally - FINALLY - noticed that the current U.S. president is literally insane? Since the UN rant it feels like a change of tone, where they’re finally able to say “this is not normal.”

I can see this illustration in future history classes, providing cultural context to explain the collapse of American society and the fall of the U.S. empire as a political force.

Optus suffers another 000 outage yesterday. At what point do charges get laid against executives, either in Australia or overseas? Or is accountability only something for people who aren’t business “leaders”, @albomp.bsky.social? Your government needs to step regulation up.

Australia faces a simple choice: double down on gas and miss our climate targets, or accelerate renewables and build a clean industrial base. Gas is not a bridge. It is a dead end. #auspol #fossilfuels

Horrific.

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Genuinely funny bit of troubleshooting advice. This is from a Mirabella Genio product: no engineering included apparently!

Yeah. If he was a farm animal you’d have him put down out of sheer pity. Are we sure that’s not an option for him?

Cash strapped public media organisation ABC blows $2 MILLION in futile attempt to restrict free speech, & dissemination of factual information on its own platforms. It’s time to deep dive into right wing, foreign, & religious groups’ interference & influence in our ABC. So much self censoring!

Is Scott Morrison still here? Or was he taken up in the rapture today? 😈

Grateful to Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kevin Rudd and Climate & Energy Minister @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social for strengthening our clean energy partnership and advancing a sustainable future for California and Australia.

'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol 2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy. news.ki.se/no-link-betw...

I have often joked we’re in a post-parody political era. Real life and comedy is indistinguishable. So, this… www.instagram.com/reel/DO6U5sP...

When your PM is too thick and unimaginative to be even called a fascist. Well done, NZ.

Can we identify and name the parties involved with this. Cockroaches run from the light, and this needs a full public exposure.

One of the most absurd things I’ve seen.

NAIDOC 2025: A Voice To Parliament Finally Achieved

Let’s get rid of the permanent SC member’s veto then! That would make the UN effective.

Whatever her opinions, the Federal opposition leader should not be making policy commitments to foreign governments. Yet another example of a politician who puts the interests of Israel and the US ahead of Australia.

Would someone like to tell YouTube that these are illegal in every single state of Australia? Selling illegal items, yet Google doesn’t seem to care.

How deeply inappropriate. I think this is unprecedented, and shows that the LNP absolutely has not learned a thing from their election results. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

RFJ Jr promised to end autism in September, so brace for it. Given the weekend EO on H1B visas, I think Trump is actually trying to destroy the tech industry. For those who don’t know, autism and ADHD are pretty much the powerhouses of the tech industry.

Running a telco is one of the most capex and opex heavy businesses. But that doesn’t excuse operational ineptitude. Unless consequences are leveraged which can’t be absorbed as “cost of business” and “PR storms to be ridden through”, these will continue.

Agreed. Cancel it. If they threaten us with loss of 5EYES access, tell them we will respond with a shut down of Northwest Cape and Pine Gap.

Does the Right stand for anything beyond nihilism? It certainly doesn't stand for freedom, no matter what its adherents say, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.

Has our mainstream media noticed just how few seats the LNP holds in our federal parliament? Seriously! How much attention and commentary can be given to such a tiny little group of deplorable leftovers?!

This is one of the best definitions of fascism I have ever seen: www.instagram.com/reel/DO2KRm4...

The Libs planning political suicide. They’ve already reduced themselves to a deplorable rump, and they’re listening to Sky News and the ones who want red hats and child marriage. They won’t be missed.

A video I can't seem to clean out of my photos file whenever I try. It's so of the times. Funny-not-funny. 😞😆😞

Apple advertising is carrying the disclaimer “water resistance may lessen through normal use”. I wonder if there is a story behind that, or whether it’s ass-covering.

You know, the Smithstonian’s future exhibit on the corruption and depravity of the Trump administration is going to be epic.

David Pope in Canberra Times

Good god. The lack of awareness is so profound that I’m struggling for an adjective. Elliot will probably get a huge bonus: did they prevent that? Or is this all just a “cost of business” to ANZ Bank?

This is the most insane ToS I have ever seen in my life.

Hey @albomp.bsky.social - is pacifying a convicted felon who has credible allegations of child sexual assault your version of “shared values”. I’m seriously becoming concerned about your values, Albo. This says a lot about you, and none of it is good.

@albomp.bsky.social have some dignity. End this ridiculous alliance. He is an unhinged, dictatorial, insurrectionist, child rapist. Are these our shared values?

“I can’t stress enough the number of variables that just aren’t included. This is a minimum cost,” – Richard Denniss at estimates re National Climate Risk Assessment. “What you see in that report is the best-case scenario.” via @themandarin.bsky.social ▶️ australiainstitute.org.au/post/devasta...

With all of the whining about “suppression” of right wing speech, claims of witch hunts targeting commentators on the right, and “cancel culture”, these guys really have zero self-awareness do they? This is the biggest example of psychological projection in history.